Author Topic: Prolapse (Read 3040 times)

Greenerlife · « **on:** July 23, 2015, 10:22:54 am »

my first chicken to have a prolapse. Fortunately I found her just as it had happened I think, so the others didn't have a chance to peck at her. I have isolated her, cleaned her, used witch hazel and Prep H and popped it all back in, but she just keeps "pooping" it all out again. Any advice?

devonlady · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2015, 10:40:32 am »

Unless she is especially loved I would say, harsh as it is ,dispatch her. Otherwise a vet. job and lots of money! Unless others have better advise

Clansman · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2015, 11:11:00 am »

Is there an egg stuck inside the prolapse?

Greenerlife · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2015, 12:51:14 pm »

Don't think there is an egg, although the prolapse is huge. Will check on her later, and report back...

chrismahon · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2015, 01:13:08 pm »

Manuka honey cream should be used in the area Greenerlife. When you push the prolapse back in with a lubricated finger, hold your finger there for a while to allow muscle contraction to move the prolapse back into the correct position. Patience is the key as you may be doing this regularly for a few days. Put her in isolation so she doesn't get it pecked and feed her wheat only -this will stop her laying and pushing it out again before it has healed.

Haemorrhoid cream is counter-productive and worsens the condition. The words of a BHWT vet I was recently told. An operation can be done which is 98% effective, but rather expensive. we have ordered Manuka Honey cream for our first aid kit - it's also for human use.

Clansman · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2015, 02:12:32 pm »

Quote from: Greenerlife on July 23, 2015, 12:51:14 pm

Don't think there is an egg, although the prolapse is huge. Will check on her later, and report back...

Usually a large egg is the cause of the prolapse, if the eggs still in there and can't be eased out I break the end of it and gently crush the shell so it can be removed

Bionic · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2015, 02:40:24 pm »

Speaking from experience ..... Keep pushing the prolapse back in, after cleaning of course. You may have to do it 5 or 6 times a day. After a couple of days ours stayed put but she never laid again

Eve · « **Reply #7 on:** July 23, 2015, 07:32:20 pm »

We used haemorrhoid cream with great success on the few birds that ever suffered from it, and they laid as normal afterwards. It needed to be very gently pushed all the way back in a few times and that was it. Tried several creams, I think Anusol worked best.

Greenerlife · « **Reply #8 on:** July 26, 2015, 11:52:06 am »

Sadly, I think I will have to cull her this afternoon.

Tried, but she seems to just 'poop' it out each time, and I have tried many times. Her comb is good and she seems cheerful enough (although she wants to be with the other girls) but I think it's only fair.